Zelda Hearts Mod brings The Legend of Zelda’s heart system into Minecraft. Instead of a standard health bar, you start with 3 hearts. Each heart has 4 quarters instead of Minecraft’s 2 halves. That means you’re starting with just 12 hit points, roughly equivalent to 6 vanilla hearts. Early survival gets genuinely tough.
How Hearts and Health Work
The hunger bar stops healing you. You can’t regenerate by eating food anymore. To heal, you need to break tall grass (1 in 20 chance of dropping a heart) or drink potions. Each heart you find restores 4 hit points, one full heart of health.
Finding Heart Pieces and Heart Containers
Want more health? Hunt dungeons for heart pieces. Collect 4 pieces and craft them in a 2×2 pattern to make a heart container. Use a heart container to gain one permanent extra heart. You can also get heart containers by defeating bosses like the Wither and Ender Dragon. This is the main way to expand your health pool over time.
Fairy Fountains and Bottled Fairies
Underground, you’ll rarely find fairy fountains containing 1-3 fairies. Touch one and you get fully healed, but the fairy dies. Right-click a fairy with a bottle in hand to catch it alive. Carry a bottled fairy and if you die, you revive instantly. You can also right-click a bottled fairy to refill your hearts without using it up. The fairies stay put in their fountains, so they won’t wander off.
How to Install
- Download and install Minecraft Forge for version 1.7.10
- Download the Zelda Hearts Mod jar file from below
- Navigate to your .minecraft folder
- Open or create a mods subfolder
- Drag the mod jar into the mods folder
- Launch Minecraft with the Forge profile and enjoy
Version Info
Zelda Hearts Mod is available for Minecraft 1.7.10. Make sure you’re using Forge as your mod loader. The mod works alongside other mods but check for any known conflicts before loading a bunch together.
Download
Minecraft 1.7.10
This file is part of Zelda Hearts Mod 1.7.10: RPG-Style Hearts for Minecraft. Visit the main page for features, installation guide, screenshots, and more download options.